Need Wool?

If you need wool for any upcoming holiday knitting, etc., Green Mountain Spinnery is having a fundraiser for the victims of Hurricane Irene.  From now until September 11, 2011, all profits from their sales will go to aid the people of Vermont who experienced terrible flooding and have lost so much.  Beside the fact that you'll be buying some wonderful yarn you will also be helping folks get back on their feet!

Gloomy Weather Day

Today's weather was pretty darn nasty.  Cold and rainy all day long.  Would have been a great day to crash on the couch.

Holly took Baby Denver to the doctor for his 1 week check up.  He has gained 7 ounces in less than a week.  Woohoo!  I'm trying to lose weight and he needs to gain -- maybe we can work a deal here, eh?  The doctor also said he no longer has a heart murmur -- even better news.  Holly sent me a photo on my cell phone -- he's just so crazy cute!  Wish I could post it here -- anyone know how?

I was going to go to the gym tonight but I let the weather change my mind.  I know, the gym is INSIDE but I just didn't want to go back out again.  See.....this is why I probably need to work out before work.

Tomorrow is a super busy day -- first GLHQ meeting and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that all of the anniversary logo stuff shows up on time.  Right now the mugs and water bottles are in Indianapolis according to the UPS website.  Come on guys -- step it up a bit for me please???  The garments that are being embroidered?  Well, I'm not so sure about their readiness.  The guy gave me a little attitude last week so I may just be bring the catalog pages to show everyone.  Hope I'm wrong there.

More Inventory!

I can hear my sister Denise reciting that mantra over and over to me as I prepare for my upcoming shows.  I did manage to get two more earflap hats knit this past weekend, in between all the fun of visiting my new grandson.  I should finish another one tomorrow.

Today I did redeem my Groupon coupon at the local Powerhouse Gym.  I got a mini tour of the place by Tim, the assistant manager.  Now I just need to show up and get moving.  I might try some yoga classes while I'm there.  It would be so nice if I could wrap my mind around working out before work.  Much more convenient but man, o man -- 5:30 would be soooooo early.  I'll have to keep thinking about that.

Happy Labor Day !!

Chilly!!!!  It barely hit 60º here today -- 35º less than it was just two days ago.  I wore my new sweatshirt from Torch Lake and it sure felt cozy!

I took the opportunity courtesy of Labor Day to head out to see my precious grandson.  Denver was his usual peaceful, sleepy self.  He doesn't care much for getting his diaper changes and lets you know how he really feels!  When he's in my arms he's quiet as can be.  His eyes were open quite a bit today and he was following voices, too.  Not bad for 5 days old.

 My sister Denise brought this yellow and white blanket back from her trip to Italy for Denver.

I think he likes his new monkey friend!

I've really enjoyed spending time with Holly, Mike and Denver over the last several days.  Now I have to go back to work tomorrow.  It will be a busy week too, with the first meeting for GLHQ on Thursday.  I've got my fingers crossed that all of the anniversary logo items arrive in time for the meeting.  I also have to run over the gym and activate the three month membership that I bought through Groupon.  Yikes!

Have a great week!

Four Generations

It was another crazy hot day here -- 95ºF with tons of humidity to go with it.  I picked up my Mom and took her out to see Holly and the baby.  We had a great visit and the best grandson ever (ok, everyone probably thinks that about their own) was his usual wonderful self, content as could be in my arms.  Mike took a four generation photo:

My Mom was definitely nervous about holding Denver.  He started to cry a bit but I'm sure it was just him filling his pants!

Holly was feeling pretty good today and showed me her incision which looks like it's healing just fine.  Denver is nursing well as evidenced by him filling his pants appropriately!

Can't wait to see them again -- maybe on Monday.......

Withdrawal...

I've gone a whole day without seeing my grandson.  Boo-hoo.  I hope to see him several times this weekend.  Thank goodness for a long holiday weekend!  I just got back from a quick trip to Costco.  I think the key to that store is going so late that you don't have much time to wander around and spend money.  I found a really cute frog book and a set of sensory balls for you-know-who.  I told Holly I'd help with some meals while she's laid up.  I picked up a ham, mesquite pork tenderloin, and Jack Daniels pulled chicken because it was so tasty up north.  They have all the vegetables you could ever need in their garden so I figured meat was best.

I finished another earflap hat yesterday and started on yet another.  I'm hoping to have about 20 of them and then I'll move on to another style.  I need a few more felted hats and the commissioned felted bag needs the yarn wound into center pull balls and then I can start designing it.  Somewhere in between all that I'd like to do some knitting for that grandson of mine.  

Life is good great.

Precious Denver

Today at work I had to show everyone the pictures of baby Denver on my smartphone.  Not the best quality but that's all I had at the hospital yesterday.  Now I can share better shots taken with my Nikon camera tonight.

I headed out of the office today and went straight to the oil change shop where I found out the last place I went to was a complete farce.  The oil filter was barely hanging on and some other part was stripped out and had to be replaced.  I used their complimentary car wash coupon and I was on my way up to the hospital.  Surprisingly it didn't take me all that much longer than yesterday and this was in rush hour traffic.

Without further adieu, may I present my beloved Denver:

Denver slept 6 hours last night!  I think all the activity of the day and all of the visitors just wore the little fellow out.  Holly finally got rid of the nausea that made her so miserable yesterday.  We went for a little walk around the floor.  Four new babies were born there today.  It's a tiny hospital so there's plenty of individual attention for everyone.

It is truly amazing how much love you can have for someone you barely know!

P.S. Joyce -- they put a lot of air in my tires!